Quote by Milan Kundera

There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos.

There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own

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This quote by Milan Kundera highlights the weight of compassion in comparison to personal pain. It suggests that our empathy and concern for others can be a burden that surpasses even our own suffering. The quote emphasizes the profound impact of feeling someone else's pain, which is heightened by our imagination and prolonged by constant reminders. Though it is concise, the quote serves as a reminder of the substantial emotional weight carried by compassion.

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